Last hour and last Stretch Goal!
over 5 years ago – Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 09:18:49 PM

Hello dragonbonded!

You are legendary! Your support has brought us to extremely insane heights! When we started this campaign we were prepared for ~500 backers and 2 Waves of shipping. Now, we have more than 2300 backers and 5 waves of shipping (we are taking actions to be able to ship sooner than what's stated in the delivery dates, no promises but it is something we want to achieve).

Thank you! We thought yesterday's stretch goal would be the last one but you have proven us wrong once again! Some hours ago you unlocked the Red Moon's/Drakha's Map with the location of the lairs from the Great Wyrms of this campaign and other important regions. This Map will be provided in the PDF pack all backers are getting. 

And now, for the 24th Stretch Goal, we decided to go ahead and offer something many of you have asked: 3.5 stats for D&D and Pathfinder. PLUS an extra print at A5 size for the Print pack add-on. The print will contain the Red Moon's Map at scale on one side and the new art commission for the DM Screen on the other side. Tell all your RPG party members to join so we can unlock this last stretch goal!

We can't thank you enough for all your support. The best way to show our gratitude is to work hard to get your rewards in time and quality. 

Thank you for being here flying with us!

– Everyone at Draco Studios 

Sivax Magnifex
over 5 years ago – Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:39:11 AM

Sivax Magnifex, Prince of Perfect Ecstasy

Sivax is the absolute authority when it comes to beauty.

Background

The Magnifex brood is characterized for its dragon’s keen eye for beauty beyond human understanding of this word. To this brood, detecting beauty in any creature, landscape, object, or element, is something intrinsic to their nature, This faculty is regarded as a sixth sense which they call cryxivix and only the Magnifex may develop it.

However, Sivax Magnifex, the prodigy and leader of his kin, was the exceptional phenomenon who was born with a fully developed and privileged cryxivix. This sense was so acute in him, that whenever he beheld something ugly, he would enter in a rampage, physically pained by the experience. This was feared by many, for he became a deadly menace in such state.

The beauty he was born with was breathtaking to every dragon and dragonkin around him, so he came to be what they called the true living beauty, similar to what a human would understand by a total art piece.

Sivax possessed, among his keen eye for beauty and extremely sensitive cryxivix, the ability to change the colour of his scales. As a hatchling, he would elegantly move whilst changing his hues, in some sort of dance that pleased himself before anybody, and the rest of his broodmates would observe in awe.

He came to be regarded as the prince of perfect ecstasy, while he also had the keenest eye for beauty. Desire commenced growing in his heart, to revolution the Magnifex brood’s eye, and to make them all see the world as he did.

Back in his youth, the Magnifex had a different leader; his name was Yurvix, and he was beautiful and highly respected. Yet there was something about this dragon that caused Sivax a hidden sense of displeasure. He seemed unfinished to him and it obsessed him to the darkest chasms of his conscience.

Whenever Sivax bathed in quicksilver and admired his own reflection, the leader came to mind, and oft times Sivax would experience such discomfort that he would violently writhe and squirm, hissing in his solitude. Only his own image would appease him.  

It is said that it was his reflection what enkindled Sivax’s resolve. And one night, covered by the veil of the most wondrous sky Drakha had ever seen, he slithered out of his lair and decided to act, wishing to create a piece unlike anything that was ever seen.

The break of day came and when the first rays of light shun upon the Magnifex’s domain, a masterpiece was revealed. Full of rapture, Sivax stood by Yurvix’s dead body, hacked open from the nave to the neck; a ribcage fully spread as the entrails had been carefully rearranged and crafted like blooming blossoms of crimson and clots of deep mauve. The pose of the leader emulated the elegance of statues as it appeared to be dancing over its severed head.

To common mortals, this display of macabre sadism would have caused an outrage, but not to the Magnifex brood, since as soon as they beheld such sight, the aesthetic experience that overwhelmed the dragons was almost too great to bear. They entered such ecstatic state, that the destruction caused by the collective rampage was immense. However, this was Sivax’s opportunity to inaugurate a new era, the reconstruction of beauty from chaos.

Sivax was recognized unanimously, and he proclaimed himself the most beautiful dragon among dragons as well the rightful lord of the Magnifex.

To this day, he continues to explore and wishes to possess all what satisfies his exceptional cryxivix.

Personality

Sivax is a prideful, hedonistic, and highly egocentric dragon; relatively young in comparison to many of the great Wyrms. However, this makes him no less than an ode to draconic grandeur. He seeks to find beauty in the Red Moon and beyond, however, he does not take it kindly to anything that appears ugly to him. Uglyness pains Sivax Magnifex, literally. 

It is of vast importance to state that the concept of beauty which dragons have, is puzzling to humans, for their aesthetic parameters are very distant from our own. A dragon may find beauty in things that are utterly aberrant to a human being, likely to the peculiar taste the Magnifex brood has for peeking inside live bodies, finding an ecstatic sense of awe in gruesome detail and even suffering. The Magnifex, under Sivax’s command, have the duty to represent beauty in Drakha and fill their domain with it. 

Sivax believes, as every member of his brood does too, that he is the epitome of beauty, and is recognized as a piece of living beauty himself. Close to what we would understand as art. Due to this, Sivax has a great obsession with controlling and owning quicksilver in the Red Moon, for in it, he has found his reflection and wishes for his domain to overflow with it and emulate endless mirrors. Naturally, the leader of the brood wishes to see himself wherever he roams, and for others to appreciate his majesty simultaneously. 

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Now that you know the background for Aureus, Kuxcoatl and Sivax, we want to hear your thoughts! Join into the discussion for the dragons here. 

Enjoy the flight!

Expanded Primer and the last goal!
over 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 08:03:50 PM

Hi Dragonbonded!

We approach the last day with the force of a dragon's great wings. Last night we unlocked the expanded Dragonbond primer!

We will develop a primer with even more content, this will be your first glance into Dragonbond and will contain a taste of a great universe. This gateway will let you fall in love with the different factions and the rich lore we have made. It can also be used as a light setting book; light because we fully intend to develop the setting and provide books (yes, more than one book!) down the line, but if you would like to use it for a campaign setting you will get enough content to do so. 

This SG also unlocked the DM screen (digital), we are still looking for print tests to see if we can provide de screen in physical format. If we do, it will be available in the pledge manager, but at this moment you will get it in digital format including an incredible new art piece we plan to commission for it. 

The fun part is that we are planning you, our dragonbonded backers, to vote on your favorite great wyrms (later, in your pledge manager survey after the campaign ends) and we will plan a scene and the story about that in the timeline for the universe. More details about this later ;)

Our FINAL goal!

It might not look that big, but we had not planned on developing every inch of the Red Moon, we wanted to leave a lot of it unknown since the inhabitants of Dralore rarely get to see it, let alone map it. But, since a great group of dragonbonded have amassed on this campaign, we will do a map worthy of the Red Moon. It will contain the regions of all the Great Wyrms from this campaign, their lairs and the great battlefields they have left scarring this moon. 

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On a side note, you are making very good progress on The Tongue of Dragons activity. Shout out to Hilasar and to madmaxthe7th for figuring out some aspects of this Draconic language.

Thanks to all the dragonbonded who have joined on this epic sized adventure. We are going crazy with the mere thought of having 2,000 amazing dragonbonded backers! Can we achieve it? The journey is almost over, but the best part still awaits, this is just the beginning, there is still more to discover and an incredible world to show.

 Enjoy the flight for the last day of this campaign!

Draco Forge - Our resin miniature workshop
over 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 12:47:20 AM

Hello dragonbonded!

What an epic day, the best so far in the campaign! According to Kicktraq, today we had around 275 new dragonbonded backers (welcome!) and about $16,000 extra funding! We are very close to unlock the next stretch goal!

You've been with us for the last 3 weeks, sharing the love for dragons and the hype for these gargantuan models. But now, we want to talk you a little more about our manufacture process and the team behind the project so you can rest assured that your dragons will be truly great. Thanks to our dragonbonded backer Jessica, Street Sweeper of Valoria for encouraging us to post about this.

Scrolling down you will see a burst of images from our sci-fi setting Eldritch Century. These images are posted to provide a general idea of the miniatures' quality, but if you find the setting interesting, feel free to head to the Eldritch Century community forums to start a conversation.

Draco Forge

Draco Studios is comprised by three companies:

• Draco Gaming - Content and game development
• Draco Forge - Resin Miniature workshop
• Draco Games - Distributor for hobby stores

Draco Forge was born on January 2017 with a 3D printer and our partner, Daniel Ehrli, founder of Axolote Gaming. In February, Abraham joined to start the casting process. As we started to perfect the progress and grow on hardware and space, more Dracos – that's how we call ourselves as team members – joined to Draco Forge. Today Draco Forge is three times bigger than what it was 1 year ago in terms of equipment and space and with 4 more Dracos at the forge; Franco, Itzel, Rob, Alex.

For the past year, we have been perfecting our manufacturing progress, giving more detail to our miniatures and achieving to cast larger miniatures. That's when we decided to take on this campaign for beautiful, humongous dragon miniatures.

Now that the campaign is coming to a VERY SUCCESSFUL end and thanks entirely to your support, we are able to expand again and handle a bigger load of miniatures, gargantuan miniatures, that we are going to manufacture for you as your Kickstarter rewards. 

The following images are from our first Kickstarter campaign and we feel very proud about the results. This week Draco Forge will finish the last 9 large miniatures to fulfill the project; 947 medium and large miniatures produced.

 For more pictures you can follow us on Instagram.  We hope this pictures can provide reference and even more confidence about our previous work. And yet, we are still changing some procedures to achieve even more detail and perfection in our miniatures. Be assured that, as gamers ourselves, quality is our priority.

A couple of weeks ago we started making tests on casting translucent resin for the breath weapons on this campaign. The first results were very good, so we feel confident about perfecting the process for this resin as well.

Now, regarding the 3D models and STLs Draco Forge has Daniel Ehrli, founder of Axolote Gaming on the lead. (Can you guess who is his favorite Great Wyrm of this campaign?)

Axolote Gaming has 5 campaigns to record and has always fulfilled with top quality. The campaigns has been for 3D terrain files, sometimes including creatures. We are delighted and extremely proud to count with Daniel Ehrli for the 3D aspects of this project. He has a lot of experience with 3D printers, files, and printing process.

Here's a picture of what's been achieved with the tiles from Axolote Gaming, printed by their backer Kevin Delger:

The team from Draco Gaming is the one developing the setting for Dragonbond, the lore, the RPG content, the graphics, and more. There are many Dracos at Draco Studios who devote their time to make all of this possible. We will talk more about the team from Draco Gaming in the future but know that all Dracos, from Forge, Gaming and Games, are truly greatful for your support, and of course Tom Babbey as well, because as he said in the main video, it is your love for games, your love for RPGs, your love for dragons, that allows us to pursue our passion.

Thank you for flying with us!

The Tongue of Dragons (Social Goal)
over 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 12:03:50 AM

Hello Dragonbonded!

We are getting closer to the final 48hrs with almost 1500 dragonbonded backers! Even though the campaign is coming to an end, we will keep sharing updates and content with you. Even host some activities, the first one is The Tongue of Dragons, featuring the Dragon Language created by Ruben Bañuelos. If the activity is completed we will give some free digital perk to all backers.

The Tongue of Dragons

There is a song, known and intoned by dragons all over the Red Moon. For the longest of times, there never was a record of it, for it only was learned and repeated in the tongue of the dragons. The following transcription can be found engraved in a stone, a painstaking recreation of that song, most likely made by an unfortunate Dralorian dragged there many redmoons ago. Based on the choice of letters to represent the complex sounds produced by dragons, the unfortunate transcriber was of Ysvalian or Tyverian origin. Herein you can find the text, as it was transcribed then, a key to understand the tongue of the Dragons.

U shêfqmirena bakharut vkr’ad 

tshêmurut ka je tsalkokhr

khrashafqa vkrute vaernure uvrakezhi nüli

Zal ermuteni alaureni thsêmur’ad ka palfrekutim la’azarutim nurim

Zherani fenmelutani vkrani u trümena

Drakhuta valerna va’narezhi tshêbazherel nurel korvim

Drakhal gimbesha vazera sêkhera zanel, drakera nurezutera nurel

Merra bazherezutera Rubiksokhr, Sêkhera Verim

Kadmos, tsalkesuta, zhardesh tsemutekhram feksekhram.

Sejut shermat’ad bamra Shermatatzja tsalkesh umeth

Vazeni vorfrekeni ka baza feksa umkazesh ukharekhram zhurani trümani;

Vaze ummirave umesh vo’odekhre tli ekhreth zhurrel a’asthrrel umenel

Ka u zher’ad shermat’ad vaz va’umrakesh, gre khmuresh gre umrakesh malfeksut’ad al’ad,

vem mres gimbesha uvumetes. Tshênaumre ukskezhi, tshênaumre eruksketlen

ka ard vaza güra va’uvumesh. Zana va’uvrakezhi sua erkazhena trümverani drakerim,

vornare sua mrena Kadmos va’zekhezhi,

khrivaksa vkrim, ka ksüv’kare belut’ad v’kar’ad fenfeks’ad

ka vokh…

U shêfqmirena bakhar vkr’ad 

tshêmurut ka je tsalkokhr

khrashafqa vkrute vaernure uvrakezhi nüli

Many a scholar has tried and decipher the contents of the song, in an attempt to understand the ways of those who come and bring havoc and dismay to our lands. However, the language has proven to be too foreign and unusual, and seems not to bear any relationship with the tongues spoken in Dralore.

The mysterious draconic speech has baffled Dralorians for centuries. Do you think you’re up to the task of deciphering this poem? Join other dragonbonded backers and solve this mystery to unlock a freebie reward. In order to take part of this, you need to do the following:

1. Join https://community.draco-studios.com, the forums there will be available to you and other users to discuss and solve the challenge. The language creator will also be there to guide you and provide help.
2. Follow @studiosdraco on Twitter. There will be a daily publication with a phrase written in Draconic and translated to english, these hints will be very helpful deciphering the language.
3. Don’t feel discouraged if you don’t speak English well, it is likely you will be of great help to others, since there are many structures within the draconic language that don’t exist in english at all.
4. If a translation to English is posted to this poem on the forums at https://community.draco-studios.com, the challenge will be considered complete and the reward unlocked. We are not looking for an exact word by word translation of the language, but something close in meaning to the original text.
5. The challenge will continue even after the campaign is finished, the time limit for the reward is by the time orders are locked on Backerkit.

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Thank you very much for being here with us. Please help us sharing the campaign on your social media to unlock 1 or 2 more stretch goals for the final hours.

Enjoy the flight!